Necroteuthis
Necroteuthis is an extinct genus of vampire squids from the Oligocene of Hungary. It contains one species, N. hungarica. It was initially identified as a squid, but was recently reinterpreted as a vampyroteuthid.
| Necroteuthis Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida |
| Family: | Vampyroteuthidae |
| Genus: | †Necroteuthis Kretzoi, 1942 |
| Species: | †N. hungarica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Necroteuthis hungarica Kretzoi, 1942 | |
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